ENGL 431 Lecture Notes - Lecture 9: Metatheatre
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Does hamlet know that he is going to be destroyed in seeking revenge. A great example of meta-theatrical: a noble hero role like in act 1. More like laertes than hamlet: the militaristic man. Fate is determined but not from a devine will: like romeo and juliet. Providence is part of a larger plan: hamlet comes to terms with what will be. A. c. bradley: speaks of the characters as if they are real. King hamlet"s ghost: the warrior king, comes back still in armor, the ghost puts hamlet in the place he wants him to be. Hamlet is a student still at 30. People elected claudius king and not hamlet. Providence referenced in the bed chamber scene: hamlet declares himself god"s scourge, the ghost is an agent of god. Bradley and why hamlet doesn"t act: doesn"t want to do it because he is melancholy. Hamlet then makes excuses out of it: problem with claudius praying.
